Velocipede



(No Model.)

- 0; W. HAYS.

VELOGIPEDE. No; 280,927. Patented July 10, 1883.

772%65565 fizw/zlaf UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

CHARLES w. HAYS, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLvANI VIELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,927, dated July 10, 1883.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. HAYs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State marked thereon, which form a part of this velocipede containing my improvements. Fig.

specification.

My invention relates to four-wheeled velocipedes; and the improvements consist in the peculiar manner of constructing same, as will be hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 shows a longitudinal section of a 2 is an end elevation. Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views, showing the guiding-rlgging, the

location of the seat, and the means of connecting back and front wheels.

A A' represent the two front wheels; B B, a

the hind and smaller wheels.

D D is the axle connecting the two front wheels. This axle isbent in the manner shown in Fig. 2, so as to form the pedals or cranks for propelling the velocipede.

U is theaxle connectingthetwohind wheels. O is a curved support resting on the front inclined support G and the forked frame r.

b b are braces passing from the hind axle, at

Application filed March 24; 1883.

(No model.)

either side thereof, and connecting with the coupling-pole 0, thus giving stability and strength to the said pole.

m is a beveled cog-wheel secured rigidly to the under side of the forked iron frame 4" r. Thiscog-wheel has a central hole to allow the bolt P to pass through.

n a are two otherbeveled cog-wheels, smaller than the wheel m and geared into it on opposite sides, as shown in Fig. 4.

a a are two horizontal shafts, upon which are secured the beveled cog-wheel n a.

H are two levers on 'oppositesides of the seat and attached to the shafts a a. The levers Z Z being moved back or forward by the rider, the motion is. conveyed to the shafts a a, and through them to the beveled cog-wheels n n and m, and by this means the direction of the wheels A A is changed and the velocipede guided at will. 7

w is-an iron frame-work extending from the top of the support Ctothe bottom of the forked frame 1", for the purpose of strengthening the several parts.

If is the seat, secured to the spring 8, which is fastened to the frame 10. I

In a velocipede constructed as herein described, the seat being secured on the front axle, the rider is always facing in the direction he is moving, and as he sits back of the pedals or cranks he is enabled to apply his full force with the least possible effort. rigging is also simple and easily managed, while the swivel arrangement formed by the tubular sleeve passing over the end of the coupling-pole O, allows thehind wheels to ad just themselves readily to any unevenness in the road, and to pass over any'ordinary obstruction without jolting the rider.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is 1. The double-crankaxle D, in combination with the backward-inclined support 0 and coupling-pole 0, said coupling-pole being free to rotate within the sleeve g, thus allowing the hind wheels to adjust themselves to uneven ground, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. Theba'ckward-inclined support 0, joined therunning-gears of a velocipede, substanto the coupling-pole 0, having the tubular tially as and for the purpose described. 1o sleeve 9, in combination with the running- In testimony whereof IaffiX-my signaturein gears of avelocipede, substantially as shown presence of two witnesses.

and described. 7 7 CHARLES W. HAYS.

3. The levers ZZ, shafts a a, beveled cog Witnesses:

wheels n n, and beveled cog-wheel m, bolted THOMAS D. MOWLDS, to the forked frame a r, in combination with FREDK. J. LAMBERT. 

